Inkstand



No. s||,093. Patente d Sept. 20, I898.

s. a. BALDWIN.

INKSTAND.

(Applicutipn filed Mar. 10, 1897.) (No Model.) 7 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

Patented Sept. 20, I898. S. G. BALDWIN.

I N K ST A N D.

(Application filed Mar. 10, 1897.)

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(No Model.)

UNITED STATES FATENT Trice.

STEPHEN G. BALDIVIN, OF MARION, INDIANA.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,093, datedSeptember 20, 1898. Application filed March 10, 1897. Serial No.626,868. (No model.)

My invention relates to inkstands, and has for its object certainimprovements in their. construction, whereby they may be tipped overWithout any liability of spilling their contents, only a very smallportion of ink is exposed to the atmosphere while they are in use, andthe dipping-reservoir may be filled without opening the inkstand, suchimprovements being applicable in the manufacture of new inkstands or foruse with inkstands of old and well-known forms.

My invention consists in certain improvements in the construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be first fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims. r

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View ofan inkstand made in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the same inside elevation with part of the outer ring and hottle broken away. Fig.4isa perspective view of an inkstand of a slightly-modified formembodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section through thesame; Fig. 6 is a View of the same in side elevation with part of theouter ring broken away. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of anotherslightly-modified form of inkstand embodying my invention. Fig. 8 is acentral vertical section through the same. Fig. 9 is a top view taken online mm, Fig. 8.

Like numerals of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur inthe several figures of the drawings- Referring to the drawings bynumerals, 1 is a body of an inkstand of any ordinary wellknownconstruction, the inkstand shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 having acontracted; neck 2 and being of bottle form, while that shown in Figs.4, 5, and 6 is of jar form, the opening being of the same diameter asthe body. The form shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 is the same as that ofFigs. 4, 5, and 6. Each of these inkstands is provided with a cap 3,which consists of a flat plate on top of the body, having adownwardly-depending annular flange or ring 4, which engages with andembraces the upper edge of the inkstand, the rim in the form shown inFigs. 1 to 3 being plain to embrace the plain edge of the inkstand,while those in the other figures are screw-threaded to engagecorresponding threads formed on the upper outer edges of the body. Eachof the caps has, depending downward and converging toward the interiorof the bottle or inkstand, a conic frustum 5, through the open reversedapex end of which the pen is passed to dip it into the ink. The caps maybe secured in place on the inkstand and packed to prevent leakage inanyapproved manner. In Figs. 1

to 3 I show a heavy ring 6,which is to pass into the neck of theinkstand as would a cork. In the other two forms thecaps are secured onas before stated and provided with'thin packing-rings 7 to be squeezedor pressed down against the top of the body. The central openings in thecap at the large end of the reversed conic frustums 5 may be closed,when desired, by a suitable lid as, for instance, a flat plate 8,pivoted to the top of the cap. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

In each of the forms illustrated I provide inside the inkstand and belowtheconic frustums 5 a reversed cone 9 with its lower apex end closed andits upper end open, 'said upper end extending around the lower end ofthe conic frustum and its upper edge being slightly higher than thelower end of said frustum. To hold this inverted cone 9 in its properposition, I may employ various means. In Figs. 1' to 6 it is secured tothe cap by means of strips 10 of metal soldered to the cap and thiscone. In Figs. '7, 8, and 9 the cone 9 is secured to or forms part ofanannular plate 11, having side annular ring 12 and upper plate 13, thewhole forming a box 14 of slightly-lessdiameter than the interior of theinkstandand supported therein at the proper height by a shelf or flange15 on a ring 16, secured inside or formed in the glass of the inkstandat a distance from the cap slightly greater than the height of thecone-box 14;. The ring 10 and flange 15 have vertical passage-ways oropenings 17 therethrough to permit the ink to pass from the lowerreservoir to the upper part of the inkstand as occasion may require. Itis understood that the number and size of these openings will be such asto permit the ink to pass freely in sufficient quantities.

Various other changes might suggest themselves to the mechanic incarrying out my invention, the operation of which may be described asfollows: Ink being placed in the inkstand and the cap secured inposition, if the inkstand is reversed the ink will flow into thereversed cap and will be prevented from spilling by the walls of theconic frustum 5, and when turning the inkstand back to its uprightposition a portion of the ink will run or be splashed into the invertedcone 9 and will thus form a liquid seal to prevent air from reaching theink inside the bottle and a supply in which to dip the pen for use. Onlya small amount of ink will be thus exposed,and whatever is left thereinmay be returned to the main body by turning the inkstand to one side.hen a small portion of ink is desired in the cone 9, it is onlynecessary to take the inkstand in the hand and go through the motionsnecessary to throw water out of a cup or glass. The ink splashingagainst the under side of the cap a portion of it will be deflect-edinto the cone ready for use.

111 the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the cone box 14;, as beforedescribed,is of slightly-less diameter than the inkstand and of lessheight than the space in which it is confined. This permits the ink topass between the cone-box and the side of the inkstand when reversed andleaves a portion of it between the plate 13 and the cap, which portionwill run into the cone 9 when the inkstand is set upright again.

In every form the ink in the dipping-reservoir or inverted cone willreach above the lower edge of the conic frustum and while presenting asmall supply to the pen will always form a liquid seal and prevent theentrance of the atmosphere into the body of the inkstand, therebyavoiding the evaporation and gumming up of the ink.

If desired, the several parts comprising the conical reservoir when madeof glass may be formed of a single piece, and, as may be seen, theconical section is suspended from the frusturn of the outer section bymeans of two or more pieces. These pieces (the cone and the frustum) maybe cast integral and secured to the top or stopper in any well-knownmanner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. An inkstandhaving a top or cap carrying an inverted conic frustum, an elasticpacking between the top and the inkstand, and a fixed closed invertedconic ink-receptacle supported by the upper part of the inkstand andinto which the conic frustum extends, passage-ways being formed betweenthe inverted cone and the top of the inkstand whereby the ink may bethrown into the inverted cone by an upward toss of the inkstand, as setforth.

2. An inkstand comprising a cap or covering, means for securing andsealing said cap, there being a conical pen-opening therein, a rimformed in the interior of the inkstand, a box loosely resting on saidrim, there being an opening in the top of said box slightly larger thanthe conical pen opening into which said pen-opening extends a shortdistance, and an inverted cone formed in the bottom of said box directlyunder the penopening forming a dip, substantially as described.

3. The combination in an inkstand of a top having a central invertedfrustum open at its bottom, sealing means to make a tight joint betweenthe top and the inkstand, an inverted frustum of a cone closed at itsbottom and means entirely located near the top of the inkstand tosupport said frustum, all arranged as set forth.

4:. The combination in an inkstand of a top having a central, inverted,conical frustum open at its bottom, a packing between said top and theinkstand to form a tight joint, an inverted frustum of a cone closed atits bottom, and means entirely located near the top of the inkstand tosupport said frusturn, all arranged as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signaturein presence of: two witnesses.

STEPHEN G. BALDVIN.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK STOUT, Molrr MCRAE.

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